BILL NUMBER: ACR 86	CHAPTERED  09/20/99

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   119
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 20, 1999
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 2, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Aroner
   (Coauthor:  Assembly Member Kuehl)
   (Coauthors:  Senators Escutia and Schiff)

                        AUGUST 26, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 86--Relative to Court Adoption
and Permanency Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 86, Aroner.  Court Adoption and Permanency Month.
   This measure would proclaim November 1999 to be "Court Adoption
and Permanency Month."




   WHEREAS, Each year there are more than 450,000 reports of child
abuse and neglect and more than 45,000 court filings that include
allegations regarding child abuse or neglect in California; and
   WHEREAS, There are more than 105,000 children in California living
apart from their families in out-of-home care; and
   WHEREAS, Twenty-five percent of the children in foster care in
California have been in the foster care system for five years or
more; and
   WHEREAS, Each year in California approximately 5,000 children are
placed in adoptive homes and approximately 4,000 are adopted; and
   WHEREAS, Los Angeles County has successfully held three "Adoption
Saturdays" during which 780 adoptions were completed for the purpose
of expediting the adoption process; and
   WHEREAS, The Judicial Council has made improving the
administration of justice for proceedings involving children and
families a high priority; and
   WHEREAS, The Assembly and the Senate are committed to working
together to improve performance for children in the abuse and neglect
system; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That November 1999 is hereby proclaimed to be
"Court Adoption and Permanency Month," a period during which the
courts and their constituent local communities will join together to
engage in activities including Saturday adoptions, evening adoptions,
and other activities to expedite permanent placement of children.
